http://birdiegolfblog.com The Travels & Adventures of Birdie Golf Tue, 07 Feb 2012 15:27:32 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/#comments Tue, 24 Jan 2012 14:00:12 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4045 Share|Before Pier Restaurant, Tetsuya’s was the restaurant on our must visit list for Sydney. In fact our whole Australian trip’s schedule was planned around our Tuesday dinner booking here. Arriving at the restaurant, we immediately feel the strong Japanese influence from chef / owner Tetsuya Wakuda’s roots.   The perfectly manicured Japanese garden surrounds the [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-tetsuyas-sydney-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-pier-restaurant-sydney-australia/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-pier-restaurant-sydney-australia/#comments Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:00:27 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=4014 Share|It was Chinese New Year (初一) and we tried to book Tetsuya’s, but could only get a table the day after, so we tried Pier Restaurant…with no regrets. Since it was the first dinner to celebrate the Year of the Dragon, we started off with a glass of Laurent-Perrier Rosé immediately after sitting down at [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-pier-restaurant-sydney-australia/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-armani-aqua-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-armani-aqua-hong-kong/#comments Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:00:53 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3932 Share|The reincarnation of the old Armani Café in Hong Kong is in the form of Armani / Aqua, a new collaboration with local Aqua Restaurant Group. This is the hot place to be seen now, but our Saturday lunch was noticeably more quite with only a handful of tables – definitely due to the majority [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-armani-aqua-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-private-dinner-ta-pantry-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-private-dinner-ta-pantry-hong-kong/#comments Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:00:33 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3859 Share|We’ve been to this small gem in Wanchai, Hong Kong back in June, but C did not come so we didn’t review it. We loved it so we had to be back, but we had to wait four months! Since they could only accommodate one table of 10 every night, they were fully booked for [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-private-dinner-ta-pantry-hong-kong/feed/ 0 http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-inakaya-%e7%94%b0%e8%88%8d%e5%ae%b6-hong-kong/ http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-inakaya-%e7%94%b0%e8%88%8d%e5%ae%b6-hong-kong/#comments Sun, 06 Nov 2011 14:00:14 +0000 birdie http://birdiegolfblog.com/?p=3804 Share|Having just been to Roppongi Robataya in Tokyo recently, we were a bit skeptical about the much hyped robatayaki restaurant Inakaya (田舍家) in Hong Kong. Located on the 101st floor of the International Commerce Centre in West Kowloon, at least the view would be stunning. The robatayaki room is in the far back of the [...]]]> http://birdiegolfblog.com/review-inakaya-%e7%94%b0%e8%88%8d%e5%ae%b6-hong-kong/feed/ 0